Control of a non-foodborne outbreak of salmonellosis
Day care in isolation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11022115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T L Chorba, Terencel Chorba, Rebecca A Meriwether, Bridget Jenkins, B R Jenkins, Robert A Gunn (0000-0002-0704-7659), J N MacCormack |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 979-981 |
| Publication date | 1987-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.77.8.979 |
| PMID | 3300382 |
| OpenAlex | W2115206769 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
We report an outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium in the infant room of a day care center. Time between onset dates, clustering of cases in the room, lack of a common food exposure, lack of illness among other children and staff, and lack of community-wide infection suggested person-to-person or continuing-common-source transmission. Successful preventive measures included instruction of personnel in proper handwashing and diaper-changing procedures and cohorting of infected and non-infected children. This is the second description of a non-foodborne outbreak of salmonellosis in a day care center, and the first involving S. typhimurium
Biology · Contaminated food · Day care · Day care center · Environmental health · Infection control · Intensive care medicine · Isolation (microbiology) · Outbreak · Salmonella · Salmonella Food Poisoning · Transmission (telecommunications) · Food Safety and Hygiene · Medicine · Microbiology · Nursing · Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology · Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology · Virology · Pediatrics
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 1986 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |